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Junior Cycle GeographyAssessment Items

The sample material presented has been prepared to support teacher professional development. It offers a broad

indication of types and formats of assessment items that might be used to assess the learning outcomes in the Junior

Cycle Geography Specification at common level, but it is not a complete set of the types and formats that may be used.

The items included should be read as examples of individual pieces of assessment material; they do not constitute full

or partial examination papers. They are not full or partial questions from an examination paper, neither do they attempt

to replicate how the examination paper might be laid out, for example, as an integrated booklet that includes the

questions and the space for the student’s responses.

The Junior Cycle Geography Specification and Assessment Guidelines can be found on www.curriculumonline.ie.

Introduction


Sample 1

1. WhatdoestheDemographicTransitionModelasseenaboveshow?Ticktheboxbelow

A. Theglobalpopulation

B. Therelationshipbetweendevelopmentandpopulation

C. Apopulationpyramid

D. Thedeathratesinagivenyear

Lorem

The Demographic Transition Model

High Fluctuating

STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5

Early Expansion Late Expansion Low Expansion Decline

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BIRTH RATE

DEATH RATE

POPULATION

Natural increase

Natural decrease


2. Outlinehowthebirthratechangesfromstage 3 and stage 4 oftheDemographicTransitionModel.

3. AccordingtotheDemographicTransitionModel,birthratesanddeathratesaredecreasinginstage 3. Outline

THREEreasonsforthispossibledecrease.

1.

2.

3.

4. In stage 2ofthemodelweseeanaturalincreasewhileinstage 5weseeanaturaldecrease.Whatismeantby

theseterms?

Natural increase:

Natural decrease:


5. ExplainTWO waysagovernmentusestheinformationintheDemographicTransitionModeltosupportits

citizens.

1.

2.


BelowisaphotographofthecityofBarcelonainSpainandagraphillustratingthepopulationgrowthsince

1.5M

1950.Thepopulationisestimatedtobe5.5millionin2020.

Barcelona Population 2020 5,585,556

3M

4.5M

6M

7.5M

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

2030

YEAR

POPU

LATION

2020


6. Describe the environmental challenges a high population density poses to a city like Barcelona.


7a. Choose ONEofthefollowingwordstodescribethepopulationdensityinyourlocalareaandgivereasonsfor

yourchoicecitingevidenceinyourlocalareatosupportthedescription.

SPARSLEY POPULATED or DENSLEY POPULATED

Descriptionoflocalarea:

Reasonsforyouranswer:


https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-urli/urbanandrurallifeinireland2019/

7b. DescribeTWO economic OR socialopportunitiesposedbyyourlocalpopulationdensity.

YoumayusetheinfographicfromtheCentralStatisticsOfficeshownabovetoinformyouranswer.

1.

2.


7c. Describeusingexamplestherelationshipbetweenlanduseandpopulationdensityinyourlocalarea.


8. Accordingtothesocialjustice.ieIreland'sgrowingandageingpopulationisasuccessstory.

WehaveoneoftheyoungestpopulationsinEurope,withacomparativelyhighbirthrate.Advancesin

healthcareprovisionandhealthierfood,anincreasedawarenessofwellbeing,andimprovedstandardsofliving

moregenerallyhaveledtolowinfantmortalityratesandincreasedlifeexpectancy.(www.socialjustice.ie)

Source:SocialJusticeIreland

8a. Theinfographicaboveispredictingthepercentageofthepopulationagedover65by2051.

Whatpercentageofthepopulationispredictedtobeover65in2051?


b. TheinformationpresentedaboveoutlineshowIrelandwillexperienceanincreaseintheagingpopulation.

ExplainTWOconsiderationsnecessaryinpreparingforthistrend.

Consideration1:

Consideration2:


Sample 2

BelowisaphotographtakenfromthetopofCroaghPatrick,amountaininWestportCo.Mayoandamapofthearea

seen in the photograph.

TakenfromCroaghPatrick

Source:Scoilnetmaps


1. Thereisevidenceoferosionanddepositioninthephotographabove.

Circle THREEexamplesofevidencefromthephotographthatsupportthestatement above.

Waterfall Beach Scree

Meander Sandbar

2. Identifythefollowingstatementsastrueorfalse

True False

a. Ariversourceisgenerallyfoundinhighmountainousareas

b. Anarrow,fastflowingriverwouldgenerallymeanitisinayouthfulstage

c. Itisuncommontofindasettlementalongariver

d. Soilsfoundclosetoriversarerichandfertile

e. Freezethawactionisatypeofweathering

f. Abrasionisatypeofdeposition

g. Beachesareexamplesofdeposition

h. 20,000yearsago,icecoveredmostofthecontinentofEurope


3. ThephotographandmapaboveshowevidenceofGlacial,Weathering,MarineandFluvialprocesses.

Using THREEofthesenamed processes,describehowthelandscapehaschangedovertime.

Process1:

Process2:

Process3:


4. Identify TWOfeaturesorlandformsinthephotographormapandexplainhowtheprocessesformedthe

feature.Supportyouranswerusingdiagrams.

Feature 1:


Feature 2:


5a. Youmustsetupaneconomicactivityintheareashowninthephotographandmap.Whateconomicactivity

i.e.business,industryetc.wouldyousetup?Useevidencefromthephotographormaptoexplainthefactors

thatwouldmakethistypeofeconomicactivitypossible.

Typeofeconomicactivity:

Explanation:


5b. DescribeONEpossible positiveandONEpossible negativeimpactoftheeconomicactivity you have listed above onthearea.

Positive impact:

Negative impact:


Sample 3

Theworldmapbelowshowscountriescategorisedbyincomegroup.

1. UseanAtlasorGlobetolisttwocountriesasshowninthemapaboveineachofthecategoriesofincome

outlined.

Lowincome:

Lowermiddleincome:

Upper middle income:

High income:

INCOME GROUP

LOW INCOME UPPER MIDDLE INCOME NALOW MIDDLE INCOME HIGH INCOME


2. Describethepatternofdistributionofwealthglobally.RefertotheAtlasorglobetosupportyouranswer.You

maycompleteasketchorwrittenresponse.


3. Compare TWO characteristicsofacountrycategorisedaslowincome/developingandacountrycategorisedas

highincome/developed.

1.

2.


4a. Whateconomicactivitieswouldyouexpecttofindinadeveloping/lowincomecountry?

Circle TWO fromthelistprovided.

Farming Industrialactivity MedicalIndustry Mining

4b. Howwouldtheseeconomicactivitiesdiffertothatinadeveloped/highincomecountry? Givereasonsfor

youranswer.

5a. Irelandiscategorisedasadeveloped/highincomecountry.Describeyouraccessto:

Education:

Healthcare:


5b. Howdoesthisdiffertoanindividualofsimilarageinadeveloping/lowincomecountry?

Education:

Healthcare:

6. Describepossiblewaysinwhichhealthcarecouldbeimprovedindeveloping/lowincomecountries?Useyour

knowledgeofdevelopmentassistancetohelpyoutoanswer.


Sample 4

1. Fillintheblanksintheparagraphbelow.Usethewordsprovidedinthebox.

TheEarthismadeupofthreelayersconsistingoftheCrust, and .The Earth’s

crustismadeupofmanyplatesthatfittogetherlikeajigsaw.Theseplatesarecalled . The place

wheretheseplatesmeetiscalledaplateboundary.PlatesthataremovingapartarecalledDivergentorConstructive

plateboundaries,alandformassociatedwiththisboundaryis .Platesthatarecollidingareknown

asConvergentorDestructiveplateboundaries,whereoneplateispushedunderanother occurs.

plateboundariesareplatesthatareslidingpasteachother,thismaycauseabuildupofpressure

resultingin .

AnEarthquake Core AVolcano

AFoldMountain Mantle Subduction

Passive Tectonicplates Magma


2a. Usingyourpenorpencilmarkin‘ThePacificRingofFire’onthemapabove.

2b. Describethepatternoftectonicactivityalongthe‘ThePacificRingofFire’

EURASIANPLATE

INDO-AUSTRALIANPLATE

PACIFICPLATE

ANTARTICPLATE

NORTH AMERICANPLATE

NAZCAPLATE

AFRICAN PLATE

SOUTH AMERICANPLATE

EURASIANPLATE

ARABIAN PLATE

SCOTIAPLATE

COCOSPLATE

CARIBBEANPLATE

PHILIPPINEPLATE

VOLCANO

EARTHQUAKE

PLATE MOVEMENT

PLATE BOUNDRY


3a. ExplaintheformationofTWOdistinctlandformsassociatedwithtectonicactivity,usediagramstoaidyour

explanation.

Landform1:


Landform2:


3b. DrawasketchmapbasedonthemapprovidedofthelocationofONE ofthelandformsyouhaveexplained


4a. Themapaboveshowsthedistributionofvolcanoes.Whatconclusionscanyoudrawaboutthedirectionplates

aremovingatthelocationofavolcano?Youmaysupportyouranswerwithdiagrams.

5. Volcanicactivityinanareacanbringdestructionandriskbutalsoprovidesmanysocial, environmental, and

economicbenefitstotheareaandcountry.ChooseONEfromthelistbelowandexplainthebenefitsof

volcanicactivity.SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL/ECONOMIC


6. In2010twoEarthquakesoccurredofsimilarmagnitudeandsimilardepthandclosetobuiltupareas.One

oftheseearthquakesoccurredinChristchurch,NewZealand,theotherinPort-au-PrinceHaiti.Haiti

experienceddevastatingresultscomparedtoNewZealandwhichexperiencedmilddamage.Haitiislocated

onanislandintheCaribbean.Itisclassifiedasalow-incomecountry.Itisdenselypopulatedwithmanyofits

populationlivinginextremepoverty.NewZealandisanislandlocatedinthePacificOcean.Itisclassifiedasa

high-incomecountry.StandardoflivingisveryhighinNewZealand.

ChristchurchNewZealand,AlamyStockPhoto,NorbertEisele-Hein

PortauPrinceHaiti,AlamyStockPhoto,NICOLASJosé/hemis.fr


ExplainTHREE factorsthatmayhavecausedtheeffectstobefeltworseinHaiti.

Factor Explanation


Sample 5

1. Matchthecorrectrocktypewiththeimagebelow.Source:www.gsi.ie

Shale Marble Granite

2. Fillinthefollowingtable

Category Formation Characteristics Humanuses/Economicuses?

Igneous MagmafromtheEarth’scorecooledtoformrock.

Sedimentary Manysedimentscompactedtogethertoformrock.

Metamorphic Rocksthathavechangedduetoextremeheatand/orpressure


3. RockexploitationinIrelandprovidesmanyadvantagesanddisadvantages.ExplainONEadvantageandONEdisadvantage.

Advantage

Disadvantage

4a. List TWO natural resources OTHERTHANROCKSfoundinyourlocalarea.

1.

2.


4b. ExplainTWOwaysinwhichthenaturalresourcesareusedinyourlocality.

1.

2.


5. DescribeTWOenvironmentalimpactsofusingrenewableenergysources.

1.

2.


6. DescribeTHREEthingsyoucandotoreduceenergyconsumption.

1.

2.

3.


Sample 6

BelowaretwosnapshotstakenofthesameareaofCo.GalwayfromGooglemaps.

Source:GoogleEarth

Source:GoogleMaps


1a. UsingthesnapshotofthetwoGooglemapimagesabovewouldyouclassifythissettlement

asA) Rural or B)Urban

1b. UseTHREE piecesofevidencetoexplainyouranswer.

1.

2.

3.


2. Discuss TWOfactorsthatwouldhaveinfluencedtheoriginofthissettlement

1.

2.

3a. IdentifyTHREEwayspeopleareinteractingwiththephysicallandscapeinthemapsabove.

1.

2.

3.


3b. OutlinetheenvironmentalconsiderationsofONE oftheinteractionsyouhaveidentifiedabove.

4. Thereisevidenceofprimary,secondary, and tertiaryeconomicactivityinthesettlementabove.

a. Identifyevidencefromthetwogooglemapsnapshotstosupportthestatementabove.


b. OutlinetheenvironmentalconsiderationsofONEoftheeconomic activitiesyouhaveidentifiedabove.

5. List THREEfactors thatinfluencethedevelopmentofsecondaryeconomicactivities.

1.

2.

3.


Startingin1970,Cancún,Mexico,transformedfromanimpoverishedtownofabout100peopleintoavacation

destinationwithapermanentpopulationof740,000and2millionvisitorsperyear.Cancúnaccountsforaquarterof

Mexico'stourismrevenue.

6a. Housing,transport,andservicesweredevelopedinCancún.ChooseONEexamplefromthelistandexplain

indetailbased on the information above whattypeofdevelopmentoccurred.

Housing/Transport/Services

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Cancun,1985 Cancun,2019


6b. Describe TWOpossiblesocialimplicationsoftheincreaseofinternationalvisitorsperyeartothisarea.

1.

2.

6c. WhatistherelationshipbetweenthegrowthoftourismandtheenvironmentinCancún?Referto

onepositiveOR onenegativerelationshipinyouranswer.


Sample 7

1. Circle the PULLFACTORSinthelistbelow:

War Employment Goodhealthcare Famine Accesstoschools

2.

Definetheterm ‘Refugee’.

ThisSyrianrefugeefamilyfledtheirhomeinAleppoin2012.Whenbombingstrucktheirtown,‘within24hoursthecitywasdestroyed,’Ahmadrecalls.TheyfledtoLebanon,wheretheysharedasmallflatwithAhmad’sthreesiblingsandtheirchildren.Ahmadwasabletofindsomeworkfromtimetotime,butknewhisfuturewasbleak,especiallyashis6-yearoldsonAbdullahhaddevelopedhearingproblems.ThefamilywaseventuallyacceptedtoresettleinGermanyundertheGovernment’shumanitarianAssistanceprogramme.TheytravelledtoGermanyinSeptember2013andwereamongthefirstgroupofSyrianstoarriveinthecountryunderthis programme.

TheUNRefugeeAgency(https://www.unhcr.org/556725e69.html


3. Descirbe TWO possible REASONSwhythefamilywouldhaveoriginallymigratedtoLebanon.Refer tothesnapshotofthe map below to inform your answer.

Source:GoogleMaps


4a. WhatistheimpactoffamilieslikethefamilyaboverelocatingtohostcountriessuchasGermany?

b. ListTWOpositiveimpactsoffamilieslikethefamilyabovelocatingtoyourlocalarea.

1.

2.


5. Thedatapresentedbelowrepresentschildmigrantshostedina country. Usethedatainthetabletodrawabar

graph.(Inthisdataset‘childmigrants’arepersonsaged19andunder)

Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Percentage of Migrants 21% 20% `19% 15% 14% 14%


6. Outline ONEpatternthatthetabledemonstrates.


Sample 8

BelowisaclimographshowingthegeneralclimateinMalta.Thegraphshowsmonthlyaveragetemperatureand

monthlyaverageprecipitation.

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC0

15

30

45

60

75

90

105

0.0

0.6

1.2

1.8

2.4

3.0

3.5

4.1

mm inch

32

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59

68

77

86

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10

15

20

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30

35

˚F ˚C

Temperature Precipitation


1. Analysethegraphaboveandanswerthefollowingquestions(Source:https://en.climate-data.org/).

a. Basedonthedataprovided,howwouldyoucharacterisetheclimateinMalta?

b. InwhichmonthwouldyouchoosetoholidayinMalta? Provideevidencefromthegraph above.

c. Inwhatmonthistherepeakprecipitationlevels?

d. Whatisapossiblerelationshipbetween the climateinMaltaandimmigration?


2. Choose ONEofthefollowinganddescribehowtheyaffectclimateinIreland?

a. Latitude b. Airmasses

3a. List TWOwaysIreland’seconomicactivityisrelatedtoitsclimate.

1.

2.


3b. UsingONE exampleofeconomicactivityfromyouranswerabove,outlinethe

environmentalconsiderationsassociatedwiththateconomicactivity.

4a. ThefollowingtablehasbeensourcedfromdatasharedbyNASA

4b. ChooseTWO ofthefollowingandoutlinepossiblecausesforthechangeinrecordovertime.

CarbonDioxide/GlobalTemperature/ArcticIce/IceSheets/SeaLevel

1.

CarbonDioxide GlobalTemperature ArcticIce IceSheets SeaLevel

CarbonDioxidelevelsin the air are at their

highest in 650,000 years

Nineteenofthe20warmestyearsonrecordhaveoccurredsince

2001

In2012,Arcticsummerseaiceshranktothelowestextentonrecord

SatellitedatashowthatEarth’s polar ice sheets

are losing mass

Globalaveragesealevelhasrisennearly7”(178mm) overthepast100

years


2.

4b. Whataretheconsequencesofclimatechangeinyourlocalarea?

4c. Inwhatwayscoulditbepossibleforpeopletoincreaseoraddtoclimatechange?

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